General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

62.2 cm

Width

31.7 cm

Height

49.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Service-test equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RCA

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

ARTIFACT WAS DONATED BY THE CARLETON UNIVERSITY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB. THEY OBTAINED IT FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OR THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.

Function

Unknown

Technical

INVENTION OF CATHODE RAY TUBE LED RAPIDLY TO ITS USE IN OSCILLOSCOPES IN 1921. PREVIOUSLY, TO PICTURE A WAVE OF ELECTRICITY, A STRING GALVANOMETER WAS USED ALONG WITH A ROTATING MIRROR, THE WHOLE PROJECTED ONTO PHOTOGRAPHICPLATE. CATHODE RAY TUBE ALLOWED DEFLECTION OF A STREAM OF ELECTRONS BY ELECTROSTATIC OR ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES ONTO A SCREEN TO REPRESENT ELECTRICAL WAVE ACTIVITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

1 PUSHBUTTON, 1 BINDING POST

Finish

BLACK FRONT WITH GREY CABINET/ PUSHBUTTON FUNCTIONS/ GOOD TUBES, CRT LIGHTS, BAD COMPONENT CAUSING PROBLEMS IN THE HORIZONTAL SGNC. CIRCUITS

Decoration

N/A